HomeMy WebLinkAboutA032 - Email from Wesley Wierson dated July 17, 2018 "Bonafide rental" concern in hardship exemption
Wesley Wierson to: AmesCityCouncil 07/17/2018 11:24 AM
Hello Council,
I write you today to tell you the trouble I have with the language in the hardship exemption
As I understand it, and as you have discussed in the public, at the end of the 6 months to come to
LOC, and the 12 months to make a bonafide rental, a home may be owner occupied AND STILL
CONSIDERED A BONAFIDE RENTAL if there are 2 unrelated people living with the owner,
say in a 3 bedroom house.
In this case, you are not legislating that the owner relocate in order to prove their home being a
rental.
I live in a 2 bedroom home. Why should I be excluded from the rental exemption if I have proven
rental income from my second bedroom?
I am working towards getting my PhD and founding two biotechnology firms in the great city of
Ames. I may be here for years to come.
Unless it is specifically defined that any rental income considers a home a bonafide rental, you
are FORCING me to relocate from my beautiful and loved home in a maximum of 18 months in
order to take advantage of the right to rent my house.
Please consider adding language that will include owner occupied homes OF ALL BEDROOM
NUMBERS to be considered bonafide rentals if there is rental income and a filled room.
Thank you,
Wes
Wesley A. Wierson
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